Little Girl Blue (2023 film)

Little Girl Blue is an upcoming docudrama film written and directed by Mona Achache about her mother's life, starring Marion Cotillard as Achache's mother.[7][8] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and will have its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section on 21 May 2023.[9]

Little Girl Blue
Film poster
Directed byMona Achache
Written byMona Achache
Produced by
  • Laetitia Gonzalez
  • Yaël Fogiel
StarringMarion Cotillard
CinematographyNoé Bach
Edited byValerie Loiseleux
Music byValentin Couineau
Production
companies
Distributed byTandem (France)[2][4]
Release date
Running time
95 minutes[6]
Countries
LanguageFrench

Cast

Production

On 7 January 2020, it was announced that France's CNC had granted an advance on earnings to Mona Achache's documentary project Little Girl Blue,[16] whose production details were yet to be formalized.[17]

On 10 December 2022, it was announced that Achache had recently filmed a docudrama about her mother's life starring Marion Cotillard as the director's mother and that Achache would also star in the film.[7] The editing process started on 2 January 2023.[18]

The film is a co-production between France's Les Films du Poisson with France 2 and Belgium's Wrong Men and RTBF.[2][3] Tandem will distribute it in France.[2] Sales are handled by Paris-based company Charades.[2]

Filming

Filming took place in Mulhouse in the Grand Est region of France between 20 November and 10 December 2022.[19][7]

Marketing

The first poster for the film was unveiled on 24 April 2023.[20]

References
  1. "Little Girl Blue de Mona Achache (2023)". Unifrance. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. Leffler, Rebecca (25 April 2023). "Charades unveils busy Cannes slate including 'Little Girl Blue' starring Marion Cotillard (exclusive)". Screen Daily.
  3. Les Films du Poisson (24 April 2023). "Les Films du Poisson on Instagram: #LITTLEGIRLBLUE écrit et réalisé par @monaachache, avec @marioncotillard fera sa première mondiale au @festivaldecannes !". Instagram (in French).
  4. "Little Girl Blue". tandemfilms.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. "The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes" (PDF). festival-cannes.com. 10 May 2023. p. 3.
  6. "Little Girl Blue". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. "Mona Achache et Marion Cotillard réunies à Mulhouse pour le tournage d'un film". L'Alsace (in French). 10 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  8. "Little Girl Blue, Feature Film, 2022-2023". Crew United. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  9. Goodfellow, Melanie (24 April 2023). "Cannes Unveils Final 2023 Selections Including Robert Rodriguez's 'Hypnotic'; Sean Penn Pic 'Black Flies; By Catherine Corsini, Amat Escalante & Valérie Donzelli". Deadline. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. Géliot, Marion (19 January 2023). "Marion Cotillard : «Guillaume était très serein sur le tournage d'Astérix et Obélix, alors qu'il a dû braver d'innombrables difficultés»". Madame Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. "Marie Bunel - Actrice - UBBA". ubba.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  12. "Didier Flamand - Time Art". time-art.com (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  13. "Pierre Aussedat - Agence Artistique Sophie Lemaitre". agencesophielemaitre.com (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  14. "Tella Kpomahou - NOMA Talents". noma-talents.com (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. "Guy Donald KOUKISSA - Agences Artistiques". agencesartistiques.com (in French). Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  16. "Avance sur recettes avant réalisation : résultats de la commission du 10 décembre 2019". CNC.fr (in French). 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  17. Lemercier, Fabien (7 January 2020). "France's CNC grants an advance on earnings to Katell Quillévéré's Le temps d'aimer". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  18. Achache, Mona (2 January 2023). "Premier jour de montage LITTLE GIRL BLUE avec Marion Cotillard" [First day of editing for LITTLE GIRL BLUE with Marion Cotillard]. Instagram (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  19. Vasseur, Joffray (14 November 2022). "Des comédiens alsaciens recherchés pour incarner les rôles du prochain film de Mona Achache". France 3 (in French). Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  20. Tandem (24 April 2023). "#LittleGirlBlue de @MonaAchache avec #MarionCotillard sera présenté au @Festival_Cannes". Twitter (in French).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.